children's letters
On a visit to a church...
" ...I really enjoyed looking at the gravestones and finding out about Victorians in the past and that babies, children and adults died of dirty water..."
On night walks...
" ...It was very exciting but I did not like insects biting me and especially stinging nettles..."
" ...I thought the soft sand was horse poo. I was very pleased when you told me it wasn't..."
On seeing deer...
" ...I like seeing the deers because they run very fast and they got very nice antlers..."
A visit to Chepstow Castle...
" ...Thank you for taking us to Chepstow Castle. I learnt that Normans wore a dress..."
" ...I enjoyed the toilets and the dungeon..."
On an estate in Norfolk...
" ...Thank you for an exhausting day. I fell asleep on the tractor and in the secret garden..."
" ...The cows were funny because they were on top of each other..."
Comments from visits
The farrier holds up a horse shoe and asks the children what it is...
Child "A horse shoe!"
Farrier "And what are the holes for?"
Child "Laces!"
On a visit to a mixed farm in Buckinghamshire
Child "What are those animals?"
Farmer "Those are pigs"
Child "Oh, I thought they were elephants
with their big ears and trunks"
In woodland on an estate in the Midlands...
Forester "What do you get from wood?"
Child "Splinters!"
